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African UnionInterafrican Bureau for Animal Resources
PAN-SPSO
Project Profile
AU/IBAR
Dr. Raphael Coly
PanAfrican NPPOs Meeting on the Review of Drafts
International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures
28 - 30 July, 2009
Nairobi, Kenya (IBAR)
African UnionInterafrican Bureau for Animal Resources
Presentation Structure
Project data sheet
Rational
Objectives
Operation
Updates
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PAN-SPSO Title:
Participation of African Nations in Sanitary andPhytosanitary Standard-Setting Organizations (PAN-SPSO)
Total Fund: EURO 3,855,000
EC Contribution: EURO 3,350,000 from intra-ACPfunds of the 9th EDF
IBAR & IAPSC (co-implementers) Contribution:EURO 505,000
Implementation Partners: COMESA, EAC, ECCAS,ECOWAS, CEN-SAD, IGAD, SADC
Implementation Period:
5/2008 to November 2010 – Extension?
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Rational
Exporting countries need to prove that thestandards they are applying are science-based,equivalent, and does not constitute a barrier totrade.
African countries have had it difficult provingthat the products they export meetinternational standards and are equivalent tothose of their developed-country tradingpartners.
Most programmes that address SPS relatedproblems have focused on technical issues ofcompliance
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Less work has been done on promotingparticipation in setting SPS standardsmeetings.
Effective participation of Africancountries in the formulation ofinternational SPS standards remains afundamental problem
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Consequences of Low Participation
On ISSOs
Lack of equity
Lack of relevance
Lack of credibility of ISSOs and standards
On African countries
African specificities not taken into account
Standards difficult to meet
Low ownership and understanding of standards
Inadequate implementation of standards
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Reasons Behind Lack of Effective Participation in “Producing”
Standards
Access to experts who are qualified to takeactive part in scientific discussions at thenational level is difficult.
The high turnover among the African staffattending the OIE, IPPC and CAC technicalcommittee meetings and the lack of follow-upmechanism on decisions reached during thesemeetings.
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There is the problem of inadequate technicalcapacity and available resources to engage inthe development of new standards and inassessing the scientific justifications forparticular SPS measures.
The lack of harmonization and net-workingmakes it difficult to come up with commonpolicy options.
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PAN-SPSO
Objective:
Facilitate effective participation of African
countries in the activities of the OIE, IPPC and
CAC during the formulation of international
standards on food safety, animal and plant
health.
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PAN-SPSO
Beneficiary Countries:
ACP member states of the African
Union that are:
Members of the WTO
Participating in the activities of the OIE,
IPPC and CAC
Members at any of the eight recognized
Regional Economic Communities (RECs)
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PAN-SPSO
Stakeholders:
African Union Directorate Of Rural Economyand Agriculture (DERA)
AU/IBAR and AU-IAPSC
African Nations
African Regional Economic Communities
STDF (Standards & Trade Development Facility)
Private sector
Institutions involved in setting Internationalstandards (OIE, CAC, IPPC), and WTO
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PAN-SPSO
Expected Results:
Result 1: African countries strengthened
to empower SPS offices for effective
participation in SPS standard setting
activities
Result 2: Common position of African
nations in SPS standards at continental
and REC levels strengthened
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PAN-SPSO
– Result 3: Technical capacity of African
countries to draft standards and to develop
arguments strengthened
– Result 4: Relevant SPS-related data and
information are acquired and disseminated
to African countries through established
accessible information sharing platform
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Project Organizational Structure
African Union
(DREA)
AU/IBAR
Project Coordination Unit
Project Support Unit
Zoo-Sanitary Unit
IBAR, Nairobi
Phyto-Sanitary Unit
IAPSC, Yaoundé
7 RECs
Member States
Project
Steering
Committee
Info flow
STDF
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Activities accomplished or in progress
Capacity Assessment study undertaken
Panafrican CVOs meeting on Africa’s coordinatedposition on animal health standards – Done in May2009 before the OIE GS (GS/OIE 2009 is a goodstarting point for Africa)
Training of experts and RECs staff: two trainings done in July 2009 in Nairobi and in Bamako
PanAfrican NPPOs Meeting on the Review of Drafts International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures -Done July 28 – 30, 2009 – IBAR Premises
Contracts with RECs: signature in progress
Amendment to the PAN-SPSO Financing Agreementin progress
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Futures Activities 2009/2010
Coordination of positions on animal health standards (2 meetings per year and setting-up of the CVOs Secretariat at IBAR)
Coordination of position on plant health standards/IPPC (one continental annual meeting)
Coordination of position on Codex standards (choice of committees of common interest): process in progress.
Regional training of SPS Experts - RECs
National trainings of SPS Experts – RECs &Countries
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Futures Activities 2009/2010 –Cont’
Promotion of Regional & National SPS Committees (study, regional workshops, follow-up and support to committees) –STDF
Assistance to RECs to obtain observer status and participate in ISSOs and WTO-SPS Committee meetings – STDF
Extend the ARIS II to include data on SPS matters
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Thank you
for
your kind attention
QUESTIONS?